AP African American Studies: The New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance — Drill 20

About This Drill

AP African American Studies: The New Negro Movement and the Harlem Renaissance — Drill 20 is a Multiple Choice practice drill covering Unit 3: The Practice of Freedom. It contains 5 original questions created by Brian Stewart, a Barron's test prep author with over 20 years of tutoring experience.

Test your knowledge of the New Negro Movement, Harlem Renaissance figures, and cultural expression with these AP African American Studies practice questions focused on AP exam prep for Unit 3.

Passage

The illustration above was created in the style of Harlem Renaissance visual art, inspired by the work of Aaron Douglas. It depicts four stylized Black figures — a trumpet player, a reader, a painter, and a dancer — set against layered geometric arcs suggesting a city skyline at night. The image uses bold silhouettes and flat color fields in deep blues, purples, and gold. A caption at the bottom reads: “Harlem Renaissance, 1920s–1930s.”

Questions in This Drill

1. Which of the following best describes the visual style of the illustration as it relates to the Harlem Renaissance?
2. The inclusion of four figures representing music, literature, visual art, and dance in the illustration most directly reflects which central idea of the Harlem Renaissance?
3. Langston Hughes’s essay “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” (1926) argued that Black artists should
4. Which of the following best explains why the Harlem Renaissance is considered both a cultural and a political movement?
5. Zora Neale Hurston’s work during the Harlem Renaissance is best known for